Paul Alan WALKER

WALKER, COWLEY, SCHMIDT, COLEMAN, CARNEY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/30/2006 at 14:32:59

Paul Alan Walker, 82, passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2006, at the Kavanaugh House in Des Moines. Funeral services were held on Monday, May 1, at the Westover Funeral Home, Des Moines. The Rev. Matt Mardis-LeCroy of the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ officiated at the 1:30 p.m. service. Interment was held with a private family service.

Paul Alan Walker was born on March 18, 1924, the son of Lloyd E. and Elsie (Cowley) Walker in Dike, Iowa. He graduated from the Sumner High School and attended Upper Iowa University. Paul and Helen (Schmidt) Walker were married on October 11, 1942. Paul entered the Army during World War II and served with the 8th Air Force, 341st Bomb group out of Polebrook, England as a B-17 navigator. He was the navigator on the lead plane on the biggest bomb mission that the U.S. forces conducted over Berlin. After the war, he went to work as a route saleman for the Alstad and Langles Baking Company in Waterloo. In 1960, Paul and Helen purchased and operated the Pastime Lounge in Eagle Grove until 1984. They later managed various apartment units in Colorado and Des Moines. He loved playing golf and the card games of 500 and Hand and Foot.

Paul is survived by his wife, Helen; children, Charles Walker and wife, Marylou of Fort Dodge, Robert Walker of Johnston, Janice Coleman and husband, Patrick of LuVerne, Minnesota, David Walker and wife, Jeanette of Eagle Grove, Pamela Walker of Johnston and Karen Walker of Otho; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Lloyd E. Walker, Jr. of Twin Lakes, Stanley Walker of Great Falls, Montana and J. Russell Walker of Dunkerton. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Katherine Carney and Marie Walker; and one brother, Harold Walker.

May 4, 2006
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